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Camille Bacon-Smith@camille2000.bsky.social |
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I write about the arts in Philadelphia for BroadStreetReview.com. Also write contemporary fantasy under my own name and epic fantasy as Curt Benjamin. Phillies Forever. Photo is a close-up of flowers growing at the side of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Daniel Gilmore
@gilmored85.bsky.social
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Joe Biden has done 9 public events and counting since last Thursday. The Stephanopoulos interview will be 10. At a certain point the “gotta get Biden out there” ppl are just telling us that they aren’t looking and aren’t interested in looking.
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Shiv Ramdas
@nameshiv.bsky.social
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actually wild just to see how hard the legacy media has managed to radicalise how many people against them in the last 7 days , I genuinely do not remember anything like this
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Brandy Schillace
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Look, I’m guessing you need this as much as I did—the tumblr heritage post about native fauna of hardware stores has been updated for craft stores: “Beware a roving pack of domesticated quilters. They fear nothing”
#crafters #homedepot 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
www.tumblr.com/brandyschill...
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Saeed Jones
@theferocity.bsky.social
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In October 2018, I was sick at home and had too a little too much cold medicine. So I decided to live tweet “O*tlander” a show I’d heard some good things about. Nothing will prepare you for the saga that unfolded.
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Billie Bloebaum
@billiebook.bsky.social
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Please explain to me why the bids on this aren't higher? It's an hour. With MS. BEV. And the bid is still *ridiculously* low. If nobody else bids on it, the current high bidder is going to get one HELL of a bargain.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Kate Elliott
@kateelliottsff.bsky.social
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@nytimes.com the Times should be ashamed of itself for publishing a "why I don't vote" screed on July 4th written by a man who did, in fact, vote, so clearly is working to discourage people he doesn't want to vote from voting. Utter bullshit. Shame on you, NYT
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Brooke Binkowski
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social
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It's not too late for Dems to bring on disinformation specialists to deal with this sustained attack
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Yukon
@craymor.bsky.social
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Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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My review of Lily Kind's show, I've Got a Tape I Wanna Play is live! I like reviewing for BroadStreetReview because the editor gives me a lot of freedom of expression--I can be silly or fulsome or sarcastic as the moment warrants. Like here:
www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/phil...
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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Mentioning George Lakoff's name makes them livid. it is very odd.
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scenarist / Chris
@scenarist.bsky.social
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BREAKING. Evolution is teleological, SCOTUS decides, 7-2. Dark energy is laminar, 6-3. Endosymbiosis did not occur, 6-3. Quantum indeterminacy returned to strict Einsteinian physics, 5-4. Galenic medicine to be standard NIH policy, 7-2. Multi-value logic banned as "Satan's crazy lies", 8-1.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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They need to get his team out there generally, to assure people that he has good, level-headed advisors in case he needs to rely on them more than people imagine presidents do.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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I love my town!
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Keith
@keithtmiller.com
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Gritty does not tolerate fascists
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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If you are a white male and are not relatively well-to-do you are also stabbing yourself in the back.
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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir)
@nora.zone
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it's fucked up that in the united states there are so many jobs that require tips to make a living wage. like baristas and supreme court justices
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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He could debate just fine, but it's not a debate if one person just spews a firehose of random lies. With no objective party challenging him on it, it becomes "all opinions must therefore be equal," and the bombastic liar wins because he's louder. If Biden tried to keep up, he'd sound just as crazy.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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you'd probably be a good code breaker for the FBI--or the NSA!
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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Cozy mysteries from PBS.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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lf you leave off the period at the end of the request statement the answer is one character short. I got the "too short" message, went back and added the period, and it worked.
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Craig Schaefer
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If you make any kind of art and call yourself a "content creator" I will go angry mom on your ass so fast. "Content" is corporate pabulum. You make art. Call yourself an artist, hold your head up high, and don't help bean-counters and empty suits to degrade you. They'll do that on their own.
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Kingfisher & Wombat
@tkingfisher.com
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I’ve said it a million times, we are the WORST at publicizing our wins. www.audubon.org/news/legisla...
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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I am so old I used to get Christmas presents from Amazon.com
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Bo Thompson
@gaudipern.bsky.social
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So many people see this and get a moment of amusement and surprise but never think more about it: This is all of ancient history and archaeology: All of the fatty nooks and crannies lost to the decay of time until we take what remains and reimagine it as a leaner, purpose-built, brutal existence.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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I don't live in the area anymore, but when find myself nearby, I stop and visit my tree. I like to think they remember me. I know it is a flight of fancy, but still, it is calming to say hello to the trees.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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I have a special tree I visit when I am near Washington Square Park. I used to do tai chi by the eternal flame with the Chinese retirees. When we were gathering our stuff to go, I would lay my hand on the tree and say good morning. Then I'd walk over to the flanking sister tree and do the same.
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Patrick Nathan
@patricknathan.bsky.social
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“AI” is the culmination of the tech industry. Every time you use it, you destroy the environment, erode labor protections, endanger workers overseas, enrich the ruling class, and make something unforgivably worthless, all at the same time – and it's all hidden from you in a frictionless distraction.
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Elizabeth Picciuto
@epicciuto.bsky.social
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From a non-tech person’s point of view, the AI discourse went very quickly from “there’s a 78% chance this will end civilization” to “we’re installing this in all dishwashers, stepladders, social sciences research, and novellas and you will be so so grateful”
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Jared Pechaček
@vandroidhelsing.bsky.social
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the Bach Ness Monster
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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Looks like a yummy cake. Hope an excellent birthday celebration was had by all--having someone to share your birthday cake with is the greatest present of all!
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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Good Day! Phillies won the baseball game, and I figure out how to use Roku on my phone and airplay it to my TV, so I can pretend I am not using new (for me) tech at all!
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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her)
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
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We had a 5 year-old in the front row of our matinée today. Hoo boy I wish I could watch the mayhem on Monday at day care when that little girl tells her pals about the Kit Kat Club.
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Elle
@elleisanisland.bsky.social
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a ruthless predator, alligators will sometimes use jazz hands to lure musical theatre people to their deaths
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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I have two chores I need to do--iron all the linen, which has pleated up like a pile of accordions, or dusting, which means taking a soft paint brush to the hanging art and climbing the ladder to do the tops of the tall bookcases as well as the usual. And it's 97F and muggy. Decisions, decisions.
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John Rogers
@johnrogers.bsky.social
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Our tech overlords would like to make clear that your fantasies of universal health care and affordable housing are childish while their fantasies of infinite energy to power their AI girlfriends are reasonable expectations and will come true imminently. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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That right there is why they didn't believe the scientists. You can't talk to the guy whose house is on fire the same as you do on a conference panel. People hate and distrust all experts now, because they couldn't get a straightforward, hopeful answer out of a single one of them.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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But for decades, you couldn't get climate scientists to make a definitive statement. It was, "A heat wave is not evidence. because weather is not climate," or "We can't say with absolutely certainty, but..." for DECADES. Scientists hate absolutes, but they screwed the messaging for a mass audience.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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I still have another choral group to go, and I'd like to add a music and theater as well, but haven't decided yet. For the most part, they are all shockingly cheap--between $25 and $50 per ticket. I love broadway, but one ticket would pay for subscription or two. Gotta love culture, on the cheap!
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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I have started putting my calendar together for next season--I have season tickets for BalletX, one choral group, and a mixed one with of dance performances and early music. I get comps for the performances I cover for BroadStreetReview.com, so the most likely suspects are on the calendar as well.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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Frozen grapes are the best! So cold, and delicious!
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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And at this point, they are not even talking about boomers.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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When I didn't have air conditioners, I froze wet hand towels and wash cloths--wash cloths on top of my head, and the towel across the back of my neck and hanging loose in front. The dripped when they melted, but I didn't care!
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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Definitely evil, compelling, must study. Frequently, however, "so we can become better" never enters into it. Not sure it's important, though. The powerful dead are still dead, and we have the study.
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Camille Bacon-Smith
@camille2000.bsky.social
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Since the first PC landed on a corporate desk in the late 1980s, they've been assuming that writing is just typing, and you don't have to do that particularly well, because the computer can fix your mistakes.
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Hemry, Local Bartender
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The political press we need: hounding trump & republicans endlessly about his felony convictions, his history of sexual violence, and his attempts to overthrow the government The political press we have:
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Camille Bacon-Smith
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Probably because they've been doing it since the late 1800s, more or less overtly over time. Banana Republic as a term comes from the fact that United Fruit, which is now named Chiquita, brought in armies and took over the governments of Central American countries for their banana plantations.
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Matt Beanzy
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